Agar-agar
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Agar, also known as Agar-Agar and gelose, is a polysaccharide extract of marine red seaweed and one of the most widely used seaweed gum in the world. Agar-Agar has been used as a food additive for centuries. In the 1950s, industrial agars in powdered form were first manufactured in western countries and introduced to the fields of food, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.BLG Agar-Agar is isolated from premium natural seaweed such as Gracilaria verrucosa and Gelidium amansii via extraction and refinement. Agar-Agar is usually white or pale yellow, colloidal, odorless or has a slight odor. It is insoluble in cold water but soluble in boiling water.Agar-Agar has an extremely useful and unique property in food industry applications. It has properties such as gelling and stability, and it can also form complexes with some substances. It can be used as thickening agent, coagulant, suspending agent, emulsifier, preservative and stabilizer.
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